Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
CURIOUS FACTS

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The present cost Of operatincu
roads Of the country with steasS as]
is in round numbers $5O2, on ~
annum; but to carry on the SAM
of work with men and horsa. w
cost the country $l1, BOG, 500, on
SOME one with o mathemaho.,
has figured it ont that all tho
earth to-day, in whatever sbansss e
is, mined gold, or, to put it plsins>
gold in use in all nations and ,Is
duct of all ages-if welded in o sae
would be contained in a cubo
than thirty feet.
The soil of the Nile delta bas
to be thicker than was SUPPOSE
ings by Royal engineers hayins
to reach q solid bottom at a g
200 feet. Specimens of the so u1
been sent to London, and An .I
priation has been made for consl
the geologically important boriaa,
A FAvoR11E prescription Of a..
physicians for chronic indigestion a /
cut up and digest chicken gizza,9]
hot water until they are reducad y
pulp, and then add some snios.
tablespoonful or two of the ressi
paste is taken at each meal untl
patient has entirely recovered.
The carrier-pigeon service in pI
is now most carefully organizea
the latest census shows that tber.
$500 trained birds, which can tat'
patches in and out of the capital n
toughest weather. Some are tans,|
go the neighboring forts and n
others to distant parts of the prov,|
AT Middletown, Conn, the !
evening, a company of friends calJJ
o house, where they were asked IN
their wraps on q bed where a baia|
sleeping. The little one was unusp
quiet that evening, and it was n
dead when the guests had gone, hal
been smothered by the garments \
upon it. /
A PROMINENT life insurance ma,
Hartford, Conn.,, is reported as sal
that his experience and the record:
life insurance have shown him
young men Of 20 years of age who
stain entirely from all kinds Of M
eating drinks have o good prospsr
living to be GA years of age; Will
moderate drinker of 20 years of ace
only expect to live to be 35i years
METAL. is now being substitute
cardboard in bookbinding. Thisnc]
is known as the British PellA|
binding, and it consists in the ID
thin sheet metal for covers. The d
is specially prepared, and the d
may be bent and Strengthened d
without perceptible damage. II J
in fact, be safely subjected to
treatment as would destroy ord1
covers. The metals o fcourse, COW
with the leather usually employa
bookbinding, and the finished \
presents no difference in appear
except in the greater thinness d
cover.
ANEW industry has lately sprung
in Sweden, and promises shortly i
come q most important one. Oh
Illuminating purposes is now n
featured in that country from
stumps and roots that remain il
forests after the timber has been
These r subjected to a process O
distillation, and besides wood-oil n
other products are obtained, sms
which are turpentine, creosote,
acid, wood charcoal, tar, oils, etc.
oil cannot be used in ordinary Ia
Us containing a large proportion o.
bon it gives off q great deal of s.
during combustion. When mixed
benzine, however, it may be uss
ordinary benzine lamps; but
burnt alone q special lamp mus
adopted. The trees that furniiii
greatest amount of oil are the pny
fir. There are now about forty 4
lishments engaged in this manufa1
in Sweden.